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So I've spent a lot of time in cars recently, and also I have spent a lot of time thinking about Skyfall. (Seriously, it's ridiculous, when I got to the point where my grad school reading was making me think about Q/Bond/Moneypenny I knew it had gone too far, but, come on, "a man can't argue on his knees," wtf else was I supposed to think about.)

ANYWAY, the combination of listening to lots of music and thinking about Skyfall induced me to do this FST. It's about the movie generally, and could totally also be read as M/Silva, M/Bond, and Bond/Silva. It's also overdramatic and has music I picked up when I was 13, and it just shouldn't be taken seriously. At all.

I was giggling to myself as I put this together, okay.

picture of the MI6 building, with the text 'The Man Made of Guns' and '(a very serious Skyfall FST)'

picture of the MI6 building, with the text 'The Man Made of Guns' and '(a very serious Skyfall FST)'

Original photo by Steve Cadman

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Since 8tracks shuffles the order of the mix and can generally be kind of a pain, I would recommend downloading.

Liner notes:

01| The Man Made of Guns - Kris Straub

[James Bond]

He's the man made of guns
and he's sorry he's late for the party
He's the man made of guns
gonna shoot you with his body

02| Safe Travels (Don't Die) - Lisa Hannigan

[M]

Please eat your greens
and don’t sit close to screens,
your eyes are a means to an end.
And I would be sorry if, due to your hurry,
you were hit by a lorry my friend.

03| The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash

[Silva]

There's a man goin' 'round takin' names,
And he decides who to free and who to blame.
Everybody won't be treated all the same,
There'll be a golden ladder reachin' down.
When the man comes around.

04| The Cat and Mouse - Cursive

[Silva and Bond]

Some scars heal and practically fade away
While some reveal a past you can't escape
And others still are entirely fake

05| The Queen's Rebuke - The Decemberists

[M and Silva, M and Bond]

And he was a baby, abandoned, entombed in a cradle of clay
And I was the soul who took pity and stole him away

06| Every You Every Me - Placebo

[Silva and M]

In the shape of things to come.
Too much poison come undone.
Cuz there's nothing else to do,
Every me and every you.

07| Hypnotist of Ladies - They Might Be Giants

[Bond]

He's a hypnotist, hypnotist of ladies
Never had a pocket watch, never counted backwards
You won't remember why you liked him
You won't remember why you liked him

08| Babes - Icky Blossoms

[Bond Girls]

Babes, with four-inch heels, air-brushed nails,
at the club, killer babes
back and forth, on the stage, couldn't keep my eyes off
they're killer babes

09| I'm Slowly Turning Into You - The White Stripes

[Bond and Silva]

Yesterday it hit me that I do all the little things
That you do
Except the same little things that you do are annoying
They're annoying as hell in fact

10| Top of the World - The All-American Rejects

[Silva and M]

It's slowly filling upward.
You can stand but you have no ground.
I hear it from the lost words.
They say it's time that you lost your crown.

11| All Your Kayfabe Friends - Los Campesinos!

[Silva and M]

As the bus pulls away, I stare at the last field
Before we hit the city, that emotional minefield
I seduced your ex-boyfriend, to help you get over him
You found him more attractive, it helped you get over me

12| Let's All Die - Jack Penate

[Silva and M (and everyone else who dies in this movie)]

I don't really know what I'm doing with mixes (this was a fun experiment), so if you have comments or concrit, both would be appreciated!